NOTE: Because New Year’s Day falls on Friday next week, Friday’s Family History Finds will post on Saturday.
The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
A Frenchman in Australia, Part 4 by Brian Wills-Johnson on Genealogy Ensemble
Soldier’s Life Saved by Princess Mary’s Christmas Gift on Untold Lives
Hospitalized by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Hogmanay by Sandra McHugh on Genealogy Ensemble
Research Resources
The Canadian Letters and Images Project by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Quebec Birth, Marriage and Death (BMD) Record Links by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Finding Your Ancestors in Poor House or Poor Farm Records by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Database of 6 Million Russian Documents and Photos Reveal Amazing Details of Life by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Here We Go Again by Chris Paton on ScottishGENES
Ghost Towns by Zachary Garceau on Vita Brevis
Ontario Township Papers on FamilySearch by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots
Herefordshire History by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Check Out My NEW Revised Site for Naturalization Records! by Lorine McGinnis on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
The Joy of David Rumsey by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Eastern Ontario Newspapers Digitized by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Finding Your Ancestors in Institutional Records by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Tech News
What If You could Wander the Library Stacks . . . Online? by Wendy Hanamura on Internet Archive Blog
Into Real Pages – A New Blog-to-Book Producer by John Tew on Filiopietism Prism
Make Quick Portrait Edits for Free with PhotoDiva by Caroline Guntur on Organizing Photos
Converting My Personal Library to Digital by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Genetic Genealogy
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Methodology
This is going to be one of my 2021 New Year’s genealogy goals:
Quick Tip #12: Don’t Enter a Fact Without Creating a Source Citation by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family HIstory
Brick Wall? Turn to the Law for Hints by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, Part 3: Family, Community and DNA by Jessica Morgan on Family Locket
Accessing Passenger List on New Netherland Institute Voyages by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
Abstracting Records Brings You So Much More by Teresa on Writing My Past
Education Is for Everyone
My “Moments of Change” by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal
The Puritans and Christmas by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
Tombstone Tuesday: Wheat Symbol by Karen on Karen’s Chatt
Your Ancestor’s Location Is Critically Important by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Keeping Up with the Times
Ten Questions for Your Zoom Holiday by Raymond Addison on Vita Brevis
Seasonal Compromises by Susan Donnelly on Vita Brevis
Twelve Days of a Genealogy Christmas – Randy’s Version by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Wishing you and your family a joyous 2021 with brick walls busted!
Thanks for the mention – Happy Christmas!!
Thanks for mentioning my Puritans at Christmas blog post!
Heather Rojo